Kilbuck Creek

wedding.

ough about the venue!!! They helped make Our wedding day Dreams come to life and then MORE!!! Was the most perfect wedding!!!!!

ous and so accommodating. The venue itself is stunning, we had the whole place to ourselves from Friday night until Sunday afternoon and we were all very comfortable. The food we had was so good and everyone loved it. If your thinking about a destination wedding or just something close to home this is the place to do it. ❤️❤️

yone made sure everything was perfect! The house on the property was perfect for having the rehearsal dinner and the bridal party all together. The day of the wedding everyone was great about communication and working to get things done. Branigan was always available to respond to any questions, she worked to make sure every detail was how we imagined! Meghan was there on site the day of and she made sure that everything ran smoothly! If you're considering Kilbuck Creek for your wedding I promise you will not be disappointed!

visit until the day after the wedding, everyone was so nice and helpful. Something that really drew us to Kilbuck was the ability to have all of the events right there: we were able to get ready in the house, our ceremony was in the backyard at a beautiful spot, the reception was in the perfect space and had a patio, and we were able to spend the night with plenty of room for our bridal party (the house sleeps 50 people!) and there's even an indoor pool. Branigan, the event planner, was so amazing! She gave us a ton of recommendations and even provided some of the decorations. Jess, our event coordinator, was so helpful! She helped set everything up in the reception hall and at the ceremony site. I had told my bridesmaids to be there early to help set up, and once we started unloading everything, Jess took over and followed my plan so that we could enjoy getting ready and not feel rushed. She even helped keep the day running on schedule. Another huge advantage was that Kilbuck was beautiful to start--it didn't need a ton of decorations, just a few personal touches to make it ours. If you're looking for a rustic, quiet place, we cannot recommend Kilbuck enough!

he year of planning went on, I was disappointed along the way. We signed the contract, we were overcharged. I had to double check it. Branigan first said she didnt know the 2019 prices, then Mona said she didnt know the prices either. I had to reference their open house packet for what the price was. They are very unorganized. I always had to reach out to Branigan. When she said she would reach out to me, I would wait a month then I had to reach out to her. The first visit, Branigan insisted on being in person. We had taken a vacation day for a 5 min meeting with her coworker. It was not worth the 30 min drive out there. The catering company they pair with is very unorganized as well. They did not show up the day of our food tasting. The venue is beautiful. If the day turned out like they stated it would, it would have been worth the money. There are many beautiful venues like them. I would have rather gone with someone else more organized. It felt like they are there to just make money and not care about your time. We had to wait to schedule our rehearsal dinner because they had to wait on a birthday party since rehearsal dinner is not really paying for the venue. Even though we are paying technically in the ceremony cost. We didn't get it scheduled until a few days before and I had to ask few times because she kept forgetting. They are only available during the day, during the week. Most people work as well and my fiance does not have alot of vacation time. They were not so flexible once we signed that contract. It seems like they are never at work. The day of the wedding, the catering company felt like they rushed us at dinner. We had alot of food left and our guests were not offered seconds. We paid for it. The food was amazing though, but sad our guests couldn't enjoy more. The cake they were supposed to box up once we cut it. We had to throw it out due to it sitting out all night, so now we don't have a cake to unfreeze for our one year anniversary. The pizza was supposed to be taken to the cabin after the reception was over. We did not even eat any pizza since we thought it was going to the cabin. The pool-house was supposed to be open at 8am and it was not the next day. Sunday was the only day we could have swam since all day Saturday we were getting ready. I am sad to read great reviews and my experience was not as great. For the amount of money it cost to have a wedding there, I would suggest going to another venue.

s so beautiful itself, it didn’t take much work to add our own touches of decor. The caterers they work with are beyond superb as well. We are so happy with the outcome!

ng, hung out in the pool, and played games in the house. Day of wedding our coordinator was extremely helpful. She was tentative to us and our family / friends. My family members who have young kids enjoyed the play set. Their kids enjoyed being outside instead of being stuck inside. I have absolutely no complaints. My family / friends loved the Kilbuck Creek atmosphere!

I knew it was where I wanted to get married. I think it was as stress free of a wedding as they come. As soon as we booked the venue, we felt like 75% of the wedding planning was done because Kilbuck Creek gives you SO MUCH! Both my husband and myself just felt so calm that day because we knew everything was taken care of by their coordinator. Our guests were absolutely floored by how beautiful everything was there and how organized the day was. I would get re-married there every weekend if I could! They’re that amazing to work with!

ilbuck made all of our guests as comfortable as possible. I would highly suggest this venue to anyone and everyone looking for a beautiful outdoor venue.

ver I found Kali (the day-of coordinator) very unhelpful. I was assured that my wedding was a one-off and "she's never that forgetful" but who really knows. I told Kali the night before my wedding that the fairy lights strung up in the reception hall with the tulle were not working and she assured me they would be taken care of. They weren't. I told her a few of the bulbs in the lanterns were out outside the log cabin and she said they'd be fixed. They weren't. Now in my wedding photos only a few of the lanterns are lit and it looks silly. The "night manager" never introduced herself the day of the reception so I had no idea who she was or who to go to if I needed anything, which I did, because the cafe lights on the porch weren't working either and I had no clue how to turn them on. So, I spent 10 minutes playing with their light switches and looking in their utility room AT MY WEDDING trying to figure out how to turn them on - because nothing was discussed about lighting the night before as Branigan said it would be. So in my sparkler send off photos, there's no cafe lights. We had a cigar bar out there and people were basically smoking in the dark. Seems like a small issue but it really annoyed me. Anyway. The day of my wedding Kali completely forgot to hook up the sound system for the ceremony, and when I caught the fact, it was our ceremony start time. She takes off and I'm standing there ready to walk down the aisle for 20 MINUTES and have heard absolutely nothing. She finally comes back, in tears, and says the microphone was not charged and it isn't working. Great. Kali then promptly disappeared and I never saw her again. I will say I was refunded for this but it doesn't make up for the next fact. Since we had no microphone for the ceremony, our officiant had to project her voice (AKA scream at us while we stood 2 feet away) so the guests could hear the ceremony. I was told at my reception that a few of the guests still didn't hear much of it. The worst part of all this is that my husband was wearing a lapel microphone for our wedding video. So, in our wedding video, our officiant is screaming into it and it sounds terrible. I also want to add that the day before our wedding we were running around getting ready for the rehearsal dinner, setting up all the decorations and everything, and Branigan texted me "Oh by the way there's a few family friends and their kids coming to take prom photos here, I hope you don't mind." Ok. She didn't ask if it was ok, she just told me it was happening. Well, it ended up being about 6 couples and all their extended family/grandparents/photographers. We counted 44 people, 16 cars and 2 limos. They parked DIRECTLY in front of the house and were there for over 2 HOURS. My family and bridal party, people bringing the decorations and food for the rehearsal, were not able to park anywhere near the house, so they had to trek from the parking lot with tons of boxes. It was ridiculous and when I complained I got an "Oh, sorry about that" as a response. Also they only have one caterer that you must go with, which was depressing. We're big foodies and were ready to splurge on high quality amazing food and got average chicken parm and mashed potatoes instead. I wish they let us choose our own caterer.

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rented out the house Friday night and Saturday night and had such a great time because of it! If you are able to do this, I highly recommend it!! The entire wedding part stayed at the house both nights and really just made for a great weekend of celebrating and also less stress as we didn't have to worry about getting anywhere or forgetting anything! We had the rehearsal dinner catered by South Moon BBQ and they did a great job, the food was incredible! The staff at Kilbuck are so great, I really didn't even realize how much help we would have during the wedding day and night. Branigan is the coordinator you will work with mostly leading up to the wedding and she is really responsive and very helpful and super nice! There will be a coordinator on site starting at 10am the day of the wedding to help make sure you have everything you need up and through the ceremony and then there is another coordinator during the reception who could not have been more helpful! Seriously, I can't say enough about the Kilbuck employees. Costa's is the caterer at this venue, there have been a couple bad reviews online about them, but they do not deserve them at all!! The food was INCREDIBLE and we got tons of compliments (out of the blue, not prompted) about how great the food was. For me this was such a relief, there is nothing worse than bad wedding food. We served chicken parmesean, brisket, garlic pasta, roasted potatoes and mixed vegetables. Everything was incredible. Costa's is willing to work with you on any ideas you have as well, like we decided to serve the salad family style during the speeches so guests could get to eating! We did the open bar package and Saro was really great and got us two different beers we wanted that he didn't have listed - Lagunitas IPA and Antihero - we got tons of compliments on that! The only complaint I have with Costa's is that they're not super easy to communicate with via email, which for me was pretty frustrating as that is my preferred method while planning a wedding. There were a lot of emails that went unanswered or had to have multiple reminders sent, but Branigan at KIlbuck can be helpful with that too and meeting with Costa's in person is great so do that at least a couple of times. Oh also - we ordered pizzas from Costa's to be delivered just to the house after the wedding, for people staying in the house, and again people loved it- there was even someone in our wedding party that doesn't like pizza but loved Costa's! AND we got the cake Saro makes (lemon/custard/berries) OMG this cake is amazing, they serve it at the tasting and you will definitely want it at the wedding! We got a small cake to cut, but did a sweets table (that Costa's will refill for $35). Kilbuck also has an option for using their own photobooth - DO IT!!! Leif and his wife run the photobooth the whole night. They help with guests filling out the scrapbook (which you have to bring your own and double sided tape) and making sure the camera is centered and getting everyone in the shot. Again, we got a lot of compliments on this photobooth because of the space (fits 6 comfortably) and all the different props Leif provided. Everything about Kilbuck Creek is amazing and perfect, our wedding could not have possibly gone smoother or been better!!!!

t! Their catering is great as well. They also have accommodations. We opted for staying the night before, but they offer other packages for accommodations. I would completely recommend this venue!